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Cardenal Antonio Samore Pass


Cardenal Antonio Samore Pass it is one of the main mountain pass through the southern Andes along the border between Argentina and Chile.

Together with Paso Libertadores, it is one of the easiest of the Argentina-Chile passes, and one of the few with asphalted roads in the region. The main towns and cities respectively on both sides of the pass are Entre Lagos and Osorno in Chile and Villa La Angostura and San Carlos de Bariloche in Argentina. From the Chilean side the pass is accessed through Route 215-CH, branch line which begins at the Panamerican Highway in Osorno. On the Argentinian side the pass is reached by Ruta Nacional 231.

History

It is named after Cardinal Antonio Samore, who mediated in the Beagle conflict between Chile and Argentina from 1978 to 1983. Operation Soberania, the Argentine invasion plan, considered a offensive of the Third Army Corps under command of Luciano Benjamin Menendez through Samore Pass to seize Los Lagos Region.

Before it was renamed, it was known as Paso Puyehue after Puyehue Lake.

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